Turbinellidae
| Turbinellidae | |
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| A shell of Columbarium wormaldi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae Gray, 1854 |
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Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.
Distribution
Species in this family are found world-wide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.
Subfamilies
- sub-family Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928
- genus Columbarium Martens, 1881
- genus Coluzea Finlay, 1926
- genus Fulgurofusus Grabau, 1904
- genus Fustifusus Harasewych, 1991
- genus Peristarium Bayer, 1971
- sub-family Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901
- genus Tudicla Röding, 1798
- sub-family Turbinellinae Swainson, 1835
- genus Cryptofusus Beu, 2011
- genus Syrinx Röding, 1798
- genus Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
- sub-family Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)
- genus Altivasum Hedley, 1914
- genus Enigmavasum Poppe & Tagaro, 2005
- genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865
- genus Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
- genus Vasum Röding, 1798
- genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865 †
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Buccinella Perry, 1811 : synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
- Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
- Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
- Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
References
- Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
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